What started out as two tree farms driving around picking up trees now has FedEx on board to deliver the 18,000 donated trees a year. Sunny Hill Tree Farm is a farm that gives the community a chance to spend some time with loved ones while looking for that flawless tree.
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Some local Christmas tree farms say it’s been a big weekend for them as sales take off now that Thanksgiving is over.
Here are some tips on how to maintain your Christmas tree this season.
“I’ve never had one before, so we thought, well, why not?” And it’s also not a bad thing for the environment. There customers have the option to pick out a tree that’s already been cut, or they can saw one down themselves. “We shake it, bail it, wrap it and load it on their vehicle, and tie it down for them”, Harris explained.
Martin adds Christmas trees shouldn’t be hard to maintain.
If you’re planning to get a real tree, it should be freshly cut and healthy, Prince William County Battalion Chief Thomas Jarman says. Also, there’s really no reason to put any additives in the water.
The tree farm has been around for decades and the owner says it’s still going strong. Otherwise, the spring rains increased his tree-planting survival rate, while the summer and fall conditions did little damage to any of his trees, young or old. Then he chuckled. “But I have to admit that the weather wore on me. I just can’t see myself buying an artificial one yet”.
In Florida, you’ll find sand pines, Southern red cedars and Carolina sapphires.
Christmas trees have been sold outside the church since the 1970s.
“It’s just not Christmas without a real tree”, Hamilton said. “Once you take a fresh-cut tree and take it home, you need to get it in water immediately”.
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According to The National Christmas Tree Association, between 25 and 30 million live Christmas trees are sold in the US each year.
